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System Properties Comparison Badger vs. PostGIS vs. PouchDB vs. Rockset vs. ScyllaDB

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NameBadger  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.Spatial extension of PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMSDocument storeDocument storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.22
Rank#320  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitegithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerpostgis.netpouchdb.comrockset.comwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationgodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerpostgis.net/­documentationpouchdb.com/­guidesdocs.rockset.comdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperDGraph LabsApache Software FoundationRocksetScyllaDB
Initial release20172005201220192015
Current release3.4.2, February 20247.1.1, June 2019ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageGoCJavaScriptC++C++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnodynamic typingyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.noyesnono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infovia viewsall fields are automatically indexedyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
HTTP RESTProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesGoJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptnoyes, Lua
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnonono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLnoAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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BadgerPostGISPouchDBRocksetScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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